Preheat oven to 350 F. Line cupcake pans. This recipe should make about 24 cupcakes.

Mix dry ingredients. Add butter until crumbly, like damp sand.
Add egg whites one at a time, then the whole egg.
In a bowl, whisk the milk with the vanilla. Add, 1/3 at a time, to the batter. Beat 1-2 minutes after each addition.

In a mixer, whip up the butter and vanilla bean seeds until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the sugar.
Add the vanilla. Lastly, add the heavy cream and whip for 3-4 minutes until it has increased in volume and is nice and light and fluffy.

If you want to swirl color into the frosting, assemble your piping bag with the tip you want. I usually use a large star tip to frost cupcakes. Streak the inside of the piping bag in three lines, evenly spaced apart, with the color of your choice. I used purple. Fill the pastry bag with frosting. When you squeeze it out, it will be streaked with color. Voila! Magic!

To get some faerie sparkles, sprinkle white sanding sugar on the frosted cupcakes. For extra sparkle, dust them with silver luster dust, which you can buy from Michael's (or other Crafting stores) in the baking section.

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Bio:I am a pastry chef at heart, though not by skill or profession just yet. Each recipe I prepare is a lesson for me. The kitchen is my stage and my den. It is where I emerge and where I'm at home. I asp...read more »